Using stories from science’s past to understand our world
Why are these stylish women posing with scientific instruments? Instrument makers in the 1960s used “lovely ladies” to sell their wares, an advertising ploy that’s still around today.
Join Distillations podcast host Alexis Pedrick as Science History Institute staff members share their favorite objects from our museum, archival, and library collections.
According to Newton’s third law, “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.”
Before Bill Nye the Science Guy, there was Professor Harvey E. White of Continental Classroom.
How and why did science move into the immortality business, and at what cost? Philosopher John Gray, author of The Immortalization Commission: Science and the Strange Quest to Cheat Death, attempts to answer these questions.
A fighter pilot’s tragic flight into a nuclear explosion leads to the discovery of two elements.
The way the city tackled its water pollution problems has made it an unexpected pioneer.
We’ve taken some of our favorite stories of the year and put them in one place for your reading pleasure.
